Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1739-1743 , October 2009

Impact of written and photographic instruction sheets on patient behavior after cataract surgery

Received 20 January 2009 ,Revised 5 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00658-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.07.003

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1739-1743 , October 2009